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Joel Higgins

Edward Stratton III in Silver Spoons

Photos Joel Higgins Birth name: Joel Franklin Higgins
Birth date: 1943/09/28 (80 years old)
Birth place : Bloomington, Illinois, USA

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Biography for Joel Higgins

Joel Franklin Higgins, born September 28, 1943 in Bloomington, Illinois, is an extremely gifted actor and singer with a stage career spanning over 30 years. A graduate of Michigan State University, Joel and friend Hap Dunne performed in coffee houses to help pay the way through school. After leaving with a degree in Advertising and six months with General Motors Joel went to Europe to perform.

In 1968 he enlisted in the Army and was stationed at Camp Casey in Korea serving as the Special Services Sergeant in charge of Entertainment. Following his Army days he and several friends wrote a musical called The Green Apple Nasties. While working as a waiter Joel sold the show to a producer and they went on the road for two and a half years. During a performance in Louisville, Kentucky, Joel was approached by a producer who asked him to play Sky Masterson in a local theatre production of Guys and Dolls. His first acting role would last as a 17-week Midwest tour.

In 1973 he landed the role of Vince in the First National Tour of Grease where he stayed for a year before leaving to join the pre-Broadway tryout of a new musical called Shenandoah. 1975 brought two different real-life roles: Joel Higgins - Theatre World Award Winner for James Anderson in the Broadway version of Shenandoah and Joel Higgins - new daytime television heartthrob as Bruce Carson in the CBS soap opera Search For Tomorrow.

1979 took Joel from daytime to primetime with a starring role in Salvage I with Andy Griffith. The show was short-lived afterwhich came Best of the West which featured Joel as Marshall Sam Best who, after returning from fighting in the Civil War, uproots his family and moves them out west. ABC cancelled the show after the first season. During the late 70s and early 80s Joel also appeared in several movies including Bare Essence, Threesome, First Affair, and Killing At Hell's Gate. With his acting career in full swing, he also continued to perform on stage in the musicals She Loves Me, Oklahoma!, Music Is, and Camp Meeting as well as writing jingles for Kool-Aid, M&Ms, and the theme song for Lucille Ball's comeback series "Life With Lucy".

In 1982 Embassy Television and NBC had a series titled Silver Spoons. Joel would play Edward W. Stratton III, the self-spoiled, childlike son of one of the country's richest industrialists. In the show's opening he would learn he has a twelve-year-old son, the product of his first marriage (lasting all of seven days). Joel was the only member of the cast familiar with doing comedy and took each of the others under his wing to teach them what he knew, Edward went from the childish playboy to a responsible father and husband but still maintained a touch of that little boy charm. By the last show, Joel had guaranteed himself a page in Hollywood's history and a place in the hearts of viewers around the world.

Joel Higgins is a very gifted actor and singer, with a career on stage span over 30 years.

A granted from the University of Michigan, Joel and his friend Hap Dunne played in bars to finance their studies.

After obtaining a commercial diploma, and after spending six months at General Motors, Joel flies away for Europe to continue his career.

In 1968, he was enrolled in the army, and resides at Camp Casey, Korea, as a sergeant, assigned to entertainment.

With several friends, he wrote a musical: "The Green Affle Nasties", during his stay in the army.

While working as a server, Joel sends the show to a producer, and then begins a tour that will last two and a half years.

During a performance in Louisville, Joel met a producer who offers him the role of Sky Masterson, in a local theatrical production.

His first real role as an actor will last 17 weeks, along a tour in the Midwest.

In 1973, he won the role of Vince, in the first national tour of Grease, where he stayed a year, before joining a musical at Broadway, called "Shenandoah".

The year 1975 brought him two awards, the "Theater World Award" for the role of James Anderson in "Shenandoah", and a television award for his role in the series "Search for Tomorrow".

1979 brings Joel to the front of the stage, thanks to the series "Salvage", which was unfortunately stopped quickly, but Joel bounced on the series "Bes of the West", where he embodies a soldier back after the civil war who uprooted his family, forcing them to go west of the country.

The ABC channel cancels series after the first season. During the decades of 70 and 80, Joel appeared in several films, such as "Bare Essense", "Threesome", "First Affair", and "Killing at Hell's Gate".

In parallel with his acting career, he continues in musical shows, and is one day offered to write the credits of a series "Life with Lucy".

In 1982, Embassy Television and NBC created a series called "Ricky or La Belle Vie". He is then enrolled in playing Edward W. Stratton III, the character we know. During the sets, he was the only one who knows how to play comedy, which is why, he takes the other actors under his wing, and teaches them everything he knows.

With this series, Joel writes a page in the history of Hollywood, and enters the hearts of millions of viewers.

It is difficult to give a specific answer to actor Joel Higgins without having access to up -to -date information. In general, Joel Higgins is an American actor known for his role in the Silver Spoons television series as Richard Dano, as well as in the Academy 3 Films: Back in Training and Summer School. He also appeared in several other television series and films during his career.

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Filmography

Title Role
Rich Men, Single Women (1990) (TV) Nicky Loomis
Have Faith (1989) TV Series Monsignor Joseph 'Mac' MacKenzie
Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988) (TV) Walter Gomphers
Threesome (1984) (TV) Dan Shaper
First Affair (1983) (TV) Greg Simon
Bare Essence (1982) (TV) Matt Phillips
Ricky ou la belle vie (1982) TV Series Edward Stratton III
Killing at Hell's Gate (1981) (TV) Jack
Best of the West (1981) TV Series Marshall Sam Best
Salvage 1 (1979) TV Series Skip Carmichael
Salvage (1979) (TV) Skip Carmichael
Search for Tomorrow (1951) TV Series Bruce Carson #5 (1975-1978)

Trivia

Co-created and lead singer of a musical revue The Green Apple Nasties.

A songwriter on the sly, he wrote jingles for such commercials as "Kool-Aid" and "M&M's" candy, and wrote the theme song for Lucille Ball's last, short-lived TV sitcom "Life with Lucy".

A gifted singer, Higgins won a Theatre World Award for his performance in the Broadway musical "Shenandoah" in 1975. He subsequently earned excellent reviews in the Broadway revival of "Oklahoma!" in 1979.

Prior to an acting career, Higgins studied advertising at college and later worked in public relations, wrote ads, and later, commercial jingles.

Was in the Army in the late 1960s.

Worked as a folksinger. He wrote some of the songs for the 1999 Christine Andreas album, "Love Is Good"

Family

Spouse : Stacy (? - present) 1 son (Graham).

Author of the card

  • Creation date: 01/07/2003 by stals
  • Last update: 01/05/2007 by abdest

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